Painter went to work on some new paintings using the paints that had Maestro's vial of liquid in them, which impressed his fellow Smurfs as they saw how real they looked compared to anything he did previously. However, the subjects of all Painter's paintings with the new paints ended up vanishing, becoming one with the painting: Smurfette's flower, Greedy's cake, Lazy's bed, and Farmer's prized smurfberry bush. Papa Smurf found out who Painter had run into in the forest when he discovered the subjects of Painter's paintings vanishing and tried to stop Painter from doing anymore paintings, but as Painter had completed a portrait of Papa Smurf, the village leader ended up vanishing, becoming one with his painting.